João Tiago Dinis was born in 1987 in Aveiro. In 2007, while still young, he joined the Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras, where he began his professional career. In 2023, he won a competition to become the B soloist for the Gulbenkian Orchestra’s viola section, which he still currently holds. He has also collaborated with various Portuguese and international orchestras such as the Kölner Kammerorchester, Orquestra de Câmara Portuguesa and, as first viola, the Orquestra do Festival de Marvão, Orquestra Clássica de Espinho and the Sinfonietta de Ponta Delgada, among others. As a soloist, Dinis has performed with the Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras and the University of Aveiro’s Orquestra de Cordas.

In the context of chamber music, he has collaborated with the Quarteto de Cordas de Aveiro, as one of its founders, and with the Quarteto da Orquestra Clássica do Centro.

Dinis studied for a music degree at the Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espetáculo do Porto (ESMAE) and at the University of Aveiro, where he won third place in the Frederico de Freitas Prize in 2017. He is regularly invited to give masterclasses and workshops at institutions around the country.

Dinis plays a viola by Luís Claudio Manfio, “Isola Di Torcello”, from 2020 and a viola by António Capela from 2009.